worked around in ubuntu-defaults-nexus7 through setting FRAMEBUFFER=y ...
(it would still be good to know why plymouth needs console_setup to run on this
hardware)
** Also affects: ubuntu-defaults-nexus7 (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Changed in: ubuntu-defaults-nexus7
doing some research it seems the panic() function that is called by
maybe_break in the initramfs scripts executes
/scripts/panic/console_setup. calling /scripts/panic/console_setup from
/init right before the run-init execution makes boots without break=
possible and fixes the splash (well, apart f